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WA miner tests positive to COVID

A MAINTENANCE contractor at Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak site in Western Australia’s Pilbara has returned a weak positive test result for COVID-19 after possibly being infected in the community in recent weeks.

 Importance of vaccine rollout underscored by latest positive result for miner

Importance of vaccine rollout underscored by latest positive result for miner

The fly-in, fly-out worker was at Perth Airport on July 20, the same day a COVID-19-infected man from Queensland flew into WA. The worker was asymptomatic while on site but tested positive when he flew...

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